{"id":16693,"date":"2019-07-15T22:01:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T04:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1808919"},"modified":"2019-07-15T22:01:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T04:01:25","slug":"artist-discovery-alana-springsteen-kaylee-bell-radio-romance-and-savannah-keyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/artist-discovery-alana-springsteen-kaylee-bell-radio-romance-and-savannah-keyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Discovery: Alana Springsteen, Kaylee Bell, Radio Romance and Savannah Keyes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 16m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

CMT Artist Discovery\u2019s latest additions \u2014 Alana Springsteen, Kaylee Bell, Radio Romance and Savannah Keyes \u2014 are the kinds of artists we love to spotlight. Just one listen to their debut songs and you\u2019ll know exactly why we\u2019re obsessed with them.<\/p>\n

Alana Springsteen<\/strong>
\u201cAlways Gonna Love You\u201d<\/p>\n

This Virginia Beach native sure got the hang of Nashville quickly. Especially when she put a baby grand piano into Percy Priest Lake \u2014 and then played it that way \u2014 during the video shoot for her \u201cAlways Gonna Love You.\u201d Springsteen wrote the song with Melissa Fuller and Andy Skib, and tells CMT what her intention was the day of the session. \u201cI remember coming into the write knowing I wanted to write about young love and the uncertainty of it, but not really having any specific title. We started working on the melodies first and after that the lyrics just kind of fell out of our heads onto paper. It was all very in the moment,\u201d she told us about the vibe of that session. Springsteen will be on the road all summer, and after that? Well, she has some ideas. \u201cI definitely have a few dream venues, but my top two would have to be the Grand Ole Opry and Madison Square Garden. I knew from a really early age that music was my passion. After I wrote my first song when I was nine,\u201d she said, \u201cI knew it was something I was going to do for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kaylee Bell<\/strong>
\u201cKeith\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up in New Zealand, Bell was surrounded by country songs from Keith Urban. So one night, in the middle of the night, she had the idea to use his song titles in a song of her own. \u201cTo tell the story of falling in love for the first time and how music and songs take you back. The song felt right from the get go,\u201d she told us of her inspiration before taking it into a songwriting session with Lindsay Rimes and Phil Barton. Music, she told us, isn\u2019t just what she does. It\u2019s who she is. And it sounds like it\u2019s been that way for years. \u201cI started pub gigging at 16 to pay my way for university, and let\u2019s just say I have seen it all. Keith (Urban) was the first artist that got me out on his worldwide tour and made me believe that this was all possible,\u201d she said of her song\u2019s muse. Bell first met Urban in 2013, right around the time when she was named the Toyota Star Maker during the Tamworth Country Music Festival. It\u2019s the very same award Urban won<\/a> in 1990.<\/p>\n

Radio Romance<\/strong>
\u201cLike The Moon\u201d<\/p>\n

The men who make up Radio Romance \u2014 Sam Hayes, Josh Gramling, Adam Smithwick and Moises Padilla \u2014 come from all over: Illinois, Texas and Virginia. But by connecting in Music City, they really have the quintessential Nashville story to tell. Frontman Hayes was a valet attendant and parked Tracy Lawrence\u2019s car. \u201cLong story short, Sam ended up doing some demo singing for Tracy and we ended up going on tour with him,\u201d the band told CMT. The band also played the night shift, from 10pm-2am, at Legends Corner on Broadway. And before that, they\u2019d done just about eveything else, from working construction and rideshare driving to dog walking and car detailing. Now that their new video is done (it was shot by an old abandoned warehouse in Nashville\u2019s Wedgewood neighborhood and at a farm north of the city) the band hopes it will make that hurt feel a little better and make the good times even better. \u201cThe best writing seems to come from real life situations. Often the best songs come out of difficult times,\u201d they said. \u201cWe believe love is the most important thing in the universe and naturally it\u2019s a focal point for most art. Whatever version of love people are going through, we think it\u2019s important to be aware that love is like the moon. It\u2019s always there. Whether you see it or not, it\u2019s up there hanging over us. Sometimes shining its light over us and sometimes showing us its dark side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Savannah Keyes<\/strong>
\u201cGhosts\u201d<\/p>\n

When Keyes was in her first adult relationship, in her 20s, she tells us she caught feels SO HARD. \u201cIt was scary. I tend to protect myself from my own vulnerabilities, so, as you can imagine, the thought of letting my emotions go and letting someone in completely sounded like the worst idea,\u201d Keyes told CMT.com. \u201cI had always heard songs from the guys\u2019 perspective of being nervous to commit to a relationship or wanting to \u2019take things slow,\u2019 and I thought, \u2019Ya know what? Girls feel this too! I am feeling it RIGHT NOW!’\u201d She wrote the song the next day. And the video was shot at the home of Nashville-based designer Megan Holt<\/a> after Keyes reached out to her about the project. \u201cI was on cloud nine the entire time we were shooting. She even left freshly baked cinnamon rolls for us,\u201d Keyes shared. \u201cSo dreamy, right?\u201d Keyes says she\u2019s been honing her singing and songwriting crafts since she was about five years old. \u201cI think this path in music, in a way, chooses you. I always had tunnel vision when it came to being an artist. I never stopped singing and writing songs in my bedroom,\u201d she said. .<\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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